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Canal boat   /kənˈæl boʊt/   Listen
noun
Canal  n.  
1.
An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
2.
(Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.
3.
A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. (Alaska)
Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal.
Canal lock. See Lock.





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"Canal boat" Quotes from Famous Books



... the nature of an oath, ma'am?" inquired the judge. "Well, I reckon I orter," was the reply. "My husband drives a canal boat." ...
— The New Pun Book • Thomas A. Brown and Thomas Joseph Carey


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